Dishcloth-handler



(No Model.)

M. V. QUINN. DISHULOTH HANDLER.

No. 464,778.. Patented Dec. 8, 1891.

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MARY V. QUINN, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

DISHCLOTH-HANDLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 464,778, dated December8, 1891.

Application filed April 27, 1891. Serial No. 390,539. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern..-

Beit known that I, MARY V. QUINN, of Minneapolis, Hennepin county,Minnesota, have invented a new and useful Improvement in DishclothHandlers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit belongs to make and use the same.

My invention relates to a dishcloth-handler of a peculiar constructionfor the purpose of taking hold of the dishcloth and using the same forwashing dishes or other objects without necessitating the putting of thehands in the water.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 is a side view of the dishcloth-handler with cloth removed.Fig. 2 is a top view of the same.

Like letters indicate like parts in both figures.

In the drawings, A represents one branch of the handle, with a loop afor the fingers of the hand. B is the other branch of the handle, with asmall loop b for the thumb on the inner side of the branch, rendering itpossible for the operator to insert the handle into small-throatvessels.

0 is a pin or rivet by which the handles are held firmly together andform a common fulcrum. The jaws extend to the right and are curved inopposite directions to allow sufficient room for the dishcloth, and areso constructed as to allow the points or extremities of jaws to cometogether when handles are closed. The jaws separate at points A and Band curve out sidewise, as shown in Fig. 2, forming two parts orprojections a a and b, with space 6 between them suitable for receivingand washing the edge of a dish. Both jaws are made symmetrical.

My dishcloth-handler may be made of metallic wire, as shown, or othersuitable material.

Without limitingmyself to the exact construction shown, I claim 1. Thecombination, in a device of the class described, of the two handles aand b, provided with the jaws formed at right angles thereto by thebending of the wire composing the same, one of said handles providedwith the small thumb-loop b and with the narrow extended end adapted torest against the thumb, and the other handle provided with the longfinger-handles a and with the short contracted end to prevent thefingers from slipping and forming a rest for the hand, the wires makingup the same being brought together at the pivot-point, soldered, andsecured by the pivot C, said jaws being wide at the extreme ends andnarrow near the pivot,

whereby a cloth may be more easily retained upon the bulb-shaped headformed by the jaws, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the handles having the small loop 19 and thelong loop a and the narrow contracted portions at the ends, of theopposite end of the device expanded to form the jaws a b, said jawsbeing at right angles to the handles, the pivot 0, provided in thecontracted portions of the handles, each of said jaws being formed bythe double curve of the wire to form the inside loop 6, into which thedishcloth and edge of the plate may be inserted and the other end of thejaws expanded to a greater width than the pivot, substantially asdescribed.

MARY V. QUINN.

Witnesses:

GEORGE T. HALBERT, JOHN B. QUINN.

